This topic, just by looking at the title, may arouse countless discussions, even arouse tens of thousands of verbal reprimands. However, since Xiao Jiang has brought it up, he will still give an explanation. For 15 years since coaching in 2005, the most he has done is spoken, followed by learning, and then practice. This is also what distinguishes him from other coaches.

Since 2007, at the ‘Open Lecture’ forum ‘’ and now, many of my familiar friends are familiar with Xiao Jiang, who is a ‘non-discussion’ person, which is well-known among my friends. Those familiar with my friends know that Xiao Jiang is a ‘non-discussion’ person! Some people might think I’m conceited, but I’m not. I’ve previously just repeated things passed down from ancestors and shared with gold medal coaches.

More is learning, and frankly, I haven’t studied or researched deeply enough to discuss. I firmly believe that table tennis, after a long period of trial and error and eliminating the bad, the remaining is almost beautiful. Most wrong behaviors are due to our misunderstanding of direction, not a problem with the theory.

And I don't think my knowledge can be discussed, or I think that learning and mastering what we’ve inherited is enough, there’s no need to innovate, which is why I’ve never discussed things in the forums, groups, or technical lectures.

The reason I’m saying all this is because today’s things are discussable.

Because today’s content is just my long-term teaching and guidance to adults, summarized and compiled, and may not be accurate or complete. Everyone’s discussion will cause me to think more deeply and correct my mistakes, which will further promote my progress!

Soul questioning: If the standard action you dream of is wrong, what should you do?

1. Standard action----standard action

Actually, table tennis doesn’t have standard actions. In mathematics, the precise standard in primary school is to measure distance to the centimeter (CM) and angle to the degree (°). There are no standards in table tennis, so we emphasize standard actions more.

For example, take forehand attack as an example:

(1) Two feet shoulder-width apart?

How should shoulder-width be interpreted? Adults’ shoulders are about 47-52, each person’s shoulder width is different! What is shoulder-width? Here, we explain it: stand with feet naturally open, hands hang down naturally, the extension line of the hanging hands is on the heel of the foot. That’s when your shoulders are shoulder-width. Don’t measure it. Even if you measure, is it the inner or outer side of the foot? Is it the front or the back of the ankle? The distance is different. The important thing is that your stance is natural.

In practice, I generally recommend a distance according to height and individual circumstances. This is why table tennis encourages face-to-face consultation.

If not specified, I generally recommend a little wider than the shoulders.

There are two reasons: 1. Nowadays, people's height is generally higher. 2. The ball is bigger, and we need more impact. Beginners are usually stable and play more confidently and naturally.

(2) Right foot back, legs naturally bent

We actually hope to give specific things, not ‘about’, ‘slightly’, or ‘a little’.

If the right foot is back how much? Some coaches teach ‘half a palm’, some teach ‘5cm’, some teach ‘one palm’, some teach ‘a little bit’. ‘A little bit’ is definitely different for everyone because of different understandings. The other ones are also different for everyone. Even 5cm is different for everyone because of different distance senses. Actually, your true stance is the same as holding a racket. There’s no mistake (right foot in front or parallel, right foot too far back) is okay. According to technical structure, playing style, and inclination, it’s different.

Legs are naturally bent, bent how much? What is natural?

Because ‘natural’ and ‘down’ are different.

Downing makes the thigh muscles stiff, the hips are moved back, the center is moved back, and it’s easy to sit down immediately. Sitting down is your pace, it’s your spirituality. Without spirituality, everything is meaningless.

When we talk about standard actions, we have to mention the hand actions.

Bring the racket to the right side of the body, the arm is one racket length away from the body, the forearm is parallel to the ground, it’s to open the forearm at the same time without stretching it too far, so that the forearm can contract quickly.

The main purpose is to open the forearm while not extending it too far, which affects the contraction speed of the forearm.

In reality, we often pay attention to the details of the action: 1, use the rotation to lead the forearm to bring the racket, the purpose of bringing the racket is to rotate and store power to generate force, not to put the racket wherever it goes. This is the difference between essence and appearance. 2, pay attention to the inner rotation of the forearm, so that your natural inward contraction direction is towards your left eyebrow or the center of your eyebrow. If you don’t rotate inward, you will push the forearm instead of contracting it, which will lose the core of contracting the forearm.

We don’t use such a long paragraph to explain what doesn’t have standard, but we want to imply a principle. Since there are no standards, what about norms?

Norms do exist. The two things I just said are all norms. When we do actions, we should be standardized, not just standards. I often emphasize this in teaching, which is why learning should also be like this.

Many people have made a mistake, they misunderstood, they practiced incorrectly.

The forehand attack action is to swing the racket faster to hit the ball faster, to restore the connection faster, to move faster. All norms are for this purpose. Except for this purpose, everything else is just for going on stage, accumulating and summarizing for many years, we have drawn a set of actions that are easy to go on stage, easy to generate power, coordinated, faster speed, smoother connection. This action is now a standard action recognized by many ball players.

Just now I have told you the core of the action, the essence of the action! We must be clear about this, and then focus on the outside, standardized to achieve it. If you don't have the core thing, your framework will never be good. Focusing on the essence can make you improve faster.

For example, if your action is very awkward, you can’t swing the racket smoothly, and you can’t coordinate it. Then you can adjust it to coordinate.

Every wrong action can trigger several related errors, so when you’re learning, try to do your best, don’t be afraid to be slow, because it’s better to be slow than fast.

The mouse year, Xiao Jiang uses the character ‘’ to wish everyone a happy new year 1

“” you have more money, your money will never end!

“” you are the most beautiful, you are more prosperous!

Congratulations everyone in 2020 to be happy and healthy, safe and happy!

Operation personnel: Xiao Jiang

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